[Hiring] Site Contracts Lead @Syneos Health

Role Description

Oversees negotiations of clinical study agreements (CTA´s) on a study level and drives CTA document finalization and execution, including contractual language & terms, financial attachments, and investigator grant budgets in collaboration with a global team of site contract & budget negotiators.

• Provides oversight of contact & budget negotiations status and manages escalation of out-of-parameter queries on budgetary and contractual requests to sponsor decision-makers in all regions of study conduct.
• Acts as first-line subject matter expert for all such CTA elements on assigned studies for internal and sponsor stakeholders alike.
• Advises stakeholders on issue resolution within the context of assigned studies.
• Plans contract execution strategy for assigned studies, including forecast of site-specific contractual execution timelines.
• Coordinates communications between study team stakeholders and global team of site-facing site contract & budget negotiators.
• Works closely with internal stakeholders and with Sponsor to prepare site contractual templates.
• Establishes strong working relationships and collaboration with Sponsor to ensure site contractual templates fit into the global strategy set for the program.
• Creates and maintains document status reports, and updates department tools/systems and team members on a regular basis.
• Collaborates with internal and external legal, finance and clinical operations departments.
• Manages site and study level discussions with internal and sponsor team stakeholders around fair market value of investigator budgets and payment terms.
• May support BU and organization through help desk and other defined pathways to resolve and deescalate issues.
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned. Minimal travel may be required (up to 25%).

Qualifications

• BS degree in life sciences, a health related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Preferred experience in a CRO/pharmaceutical industry and related clinical trial expertise (Study Coordinator, CRA, Pharmacy, Nursing, Healthcare Administration) or site start-up experience.
• Thorough knowledge of applicable regulations, drug development and clinical project management procedures.
• Good presentation, documentation and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), MS Project, Outlook and Internet.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks to meet deadlines, delivering high quality work in a dynamic environment.
• Attention to detail, effective oral/written communication skills along with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines.
• Strong leadership skills; ability to teach/mentor team members.

Requirements

• Tasks, duties and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.
• The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties and job responsibilities.
• Equivalent experience, skills and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description.
• The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.
• Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.
• Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms.
• Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates.
• The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Benefits

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with.